Cléo: “Swiss politics? It’s a huge muddle for such a little country.”

Voting at 16? Yes, I’d do that. But you need to be able to look at the wider picture, and not all young people have a clear enough vision of the world for that. That said, there are a lot of votes held on subjects which concern young people more than the old. For the climate, having the right to vote at 16 would be useful. The same for pesticides. This theme was really prominent on social media. We would have had enough information to vote. The disadvantage would perhaps be that it pushes young people to grow up into the adult world too quickly.

Swiss politics? I don’t understand a lot of it. It’s a huge muddle for such a little country, with the three levels of political decisions. Out of the leaders, I know the name of Alain Berset, who has been very much to the fore in recent months. I’ve also heard a lot about the Maudet affair at home, but I didn’t really understand the implications and I haven’t read anything neutral about it. So I don’t have an opinion on that topic. I don’t look at the media a lot, apart from the articles that we read at school to learn how to debate. We did this on the topic of purchasing fighter planes, for example. I use Instagram a lot; I follow content creators.